Comments on: More than 2000 Heroes http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/27/more-than-2000-heroes/ Apologia kai Polemikos Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Rex http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/27/more-than-2000-heroes/#comment-248 Rex Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:27:26 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/27/more-than-2000-heroes/#comment-248 <p>Yes I can honor these soldier for sacrificially giving their lives to a purpose they believed in (even if I myself find the means to be wrong).</p> Yes I can honor these soldier for sacrificially giving their lives to a purpose they believed in (even if I myself find the means to be wrong).

]]> By: extremist http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/27/more-than-2000-heroes/#comment-247 extremist Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:37:15 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/27/more-than-2000-heroes/#comment-247 <p>No Rex, I have not forgotten. In fact, that is essential to my point. </p> <p>The anti war crowd and the media are not primarily concerned with the deaths of Americans. They merely exploit the deaths for their political purposes. My point is that the heroes who die in Afghanistan and on the streets of our own cities deserve the honor of having their sacrifice commemorated too. But the press ignores them because their deaths aren't as useful for manipulating public opinion in the direction they want.</p> No Rex, I have not forgotten. In fact, that is essential to my point.

The anti war crowd and the media are not primarily concerned with the deaths of Americans. They merely exploit the deaths for their political purposes. My point is that the heroes who die in Afghanistan and on the streets of our own cities deserve the honor of having their sacrifice commemorated too. But the press ignores them because their deaths aren’t as useful for manipulating public opinion in the direction they want.

]]> By: Rex http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/27/more-than-2000-heroes/#comment-246 Rex Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:56:12 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/27/more-than-2000-heroes/#comment-246 <p>You seem to be forgetting one thing. Most Americans, as far as I know, believed WWII to be a just cause. While many Americans do not believe the war in Iraq is a just war, many of whom believed in the war until they learned that they had been deceived concerning the WMD's in Iraq. I am not sure how many Americans are opposed to the war in Iraq, but I think it could possibly be as high as 60%, though I would not bet on that number.</p> You seem to be forgetting one thing. Most Americans, as far as I know, believed WWII to be a just cause. While many Americans do not believe the war in Iraq is a just war, many of whom believed in the war until they learned that they had been deceived concerning the WMD’s in Iraq. I am not sure how many Americans are opposed to the war in Iraq, but I think it could possibly be as high as 60%, though I would not bet on that number.

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